William vogel



(No Model.)

W. VOGEL.

NOZZLE EOE SHEET METAL CANS.

No. 383,840. Patented May 29, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT rrroa.

WILLIAM VOGEL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO WVILLIAllI VOGEL &BROTHERS, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,840, dated May 29,1888.

Application filed February 16, 1898. Serial No. 264,254. [No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

, Be it known that LWILLIAM VoGEL, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Nozzles forSheet-Metal Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvement in nozzles for oil cans andsimilar vessels; and the object is, first, to provide a detachablenozzle which can be carried with the can in transportation and beconveniently and readily arranged and adjusted in operative positionwhen the contents of the can are to be discharged.

My invention consists in the novel construction of parts and theircombination, as will be hereinafter fully described, and specially asthe same is pointed out and distinctly claimed.

Nozzles for the same purpose as my improved one have heretofore beenmade and used, wherein the nozzle is'reversible and detachable,generally being held in the socket or bung-hole by a cork embracing thelower end of the nozzle and fitting the bung-hole, or they have anannular base-flange clamped by divers means to hold the nozzle inposition, and one has been made with a supplemental thinible and a spoutinserted therein.

My improvements consist in constructing the base of the nozzle with asleeve arranged in the direction of the discharge end and secured to thebase of the nozzle at its lower edge and extending a short distancealong the nozzle, with its upper edge free from contact with the surfaceof the nozzle to give the sleeve a slight resiliency or flexibility, sothat it shall fit in the bung-hole and be tight.

I have fully illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings,wherein Figure 1 is a view of a section of a can with the nozzle as inpacked or shipping condition, the socket being broken away to show theparts better. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the nozzle in reversedposition. Fig. 3 is a central section of the bung. Fig. 4 is aperspective of the nozzle, and Fig. 5 is a central section of the same.

Reference being bad to the drawings, A designates the shell of the can,which has formed in a convenient part thereof, usually a corner of thecover, an aperture, 1, about the edge of which is formed a depression,2, to serve as a seat for the bung-plate 3. The bung-plate 8 consists ofa circular sheet metal plate having its rim 5 struck down to set in thedepression 2, where it is secured by solder. The center of thebung-plate is depressed, as shown, and is formed with a thimblc, 6,depending in the can, as shown in the drawings.

B designates the nozzle, consisting of a tapering metal tube formed inthe usual manner. At the lower end of this tube is attached a sleeve, 7,larger in diameter than the base of the tube, so as to set out free fromthe tube, as shown. The lower edge of the sleeve is struck inward andfirmly soldered to the edge of the tube, leaving the body and. upperedge of the sleeve free from contact with the tube. This sleeve isformed by drawing it under a pressure-plate, and by having its loweredge turned inward, as stated, it is very slightly flared, so that itmakes a snug, clean, and tight fit in the bung. I thus provide a nozzleconvenient for packing with the can and read ily adjusted to thebung-hole when the contents of the can are to be discharged.

The nozzle for uses in the trade for transportation is reversed and thetube hangs down in the can, as shown; then a thin tin cap, 10, issoldered over the top of the bung-plate to keep the nozzle from droppingout and the contents from wasting. When it is desired to run off thecontents of the can, the thin cap is cut out, the nozzle lifted out andfitted in the bunghole, when it is ready for the purposes intended.

What I claim is- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, the nozzleherein described, consisting of a tube formed with a resilient sleeve atits lower end, of larger diameter than the base of the tube, and havingits lower edge struck inward and secured to the edge of the tube and theupper end free from contact with the tube,snbstantially as and for thepurpose specified.

2. The combination, with a sheet-metal can provided with a depressedbung-plate, 3, having a thimble, 6, of a nozzle, B, consisting of Inwitness whereof I have hereunto set my a sheet-metal tube provided witha sleeve, 7, hand in the presence of two attesting Witnesses. of largerdiameter than the tube and having its lower edge turned in and securedto the VOGEL' 5 lower end of the tube and its upper end free Attest:from the tube, substantially as and for the pur- \VM. HELMICK, posespecified. J. H. STUART.

